Word: dodgerism
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...draft dodger. If my country wishes me to serve after I have my Ph.D., I will be most willing to do so. But graduate students like me are not good riflemen and are intellectually and morally incapable of accepting orders without questioning them and pondering their implications. If the Army cannot beat the Viet Cong without putting men like me in the front lines, then I suggest that it will not be able to beat the V.C.s with our help. If we're that desperate in Viet Nam, then maybe we'd better pack up our marbles...
...press. Though he retired as Mets manager in 1965, Case still works as their West Coast scout, and after looking over the lads, he announced: "The future of this here ball club is brighter." For one thing, said Case, there is Tommy Davis, acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers: "I saw Davis play and he didn't limp like I do." That's encouraging. On another Dodger Davis, Willie, who became a World Series anti-hero last fall with his three spectacular errors against the Orioles, Casey observed: "He drops fly balls sometimes, and at a bad time...
Wills, who was the National League's most valuable player in 1962, had fallen into disfavor with Dodger owner Walter O'Malley after jumping the team on a recent Japanese tour...
...shutout stretched the Dodger's record streak of scoreless innings to 33. The National League champs didn't score a run from the third inning of the opener throughout the rest of the series...
...Robinson boys, Frank and Brooks, each shelled Dodger starter Don Drysdale with first-inning home runs to give McNally a big lead. But in the third inning, the Orioles starter lost all control by walking three consecutive batters with only...